Garden of the Dead

by Andrew Neiderman

The new novel from the best-selling storyteller - Randy Quinn took over his father’s position as manager of an exclusive cemetery, despite the negative opinions of his friends and contemporaries about the job. Still unmarried, and living in his parents’ house after their passing, he is worried about grave-robbers when the relatives of a wealthy man insist on burying him with expensive jewellery. But when, as he feared, the grave is disturbed, he uncovers the coffin and makes a shocking discovery . . .

Genres: Mystery

252 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2011

About the author

Andrew Neiderman is the author of over 44 thrillers, including six of which have been translated onto film, including the big hit, 'The Devil's Advocate', a story in which he also wrote a libretto for the music-stage adaptation. One of his novels, Tender Loving Care, has been adapted into a CD-Rom interactive movie.

Andrew Neiderman became the ghostwriter for V.C. Andrews following her death in 1986. He was the screenwriter for Rain, a film based on a series of books under Andrews name. Between the novels written under her name and his own, he has published over 100 novels.

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Neiderman is a guilty pleasure of mine, been reading his books since the 90's. They are always a quick read and they always have an element of fun to them. Neiderman gets human relationships and our darker sides. I liked it and it had enough twists to make it a good ride. The main characters obsessional traits made him interesting.

[Rain Blackmoore · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting concept and setting, and some good descriptions. After that it falls apart. There's more backstory than actual story (constant mentions of high school). In spite of the massive amount of backstory, the characters are flat; I couldn't bring myself to care about them.

On-the-nose dialogue, confusing head-hopping.

Basically, a short story with a lot of padding.

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read with enough twist and turns to keep you turning pages. An agreeable hero and just enough bad guys.